RhinoHippoElephantGiraffe
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When did the giraffes die or leave the Night Safari?
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Thanks for your reply @Zooish.
Elderly for this species would be considered 12-15 years onwards.
@Zooish likely refers to the male imported from India, which would have been born at least three years prior to the birth of the first cubs in 2009; and perhaps a male from the 2009 litter of 2.1.
There have been exports overseas, clearly with a focus on retaining females.
The former giraffe habitat was recently renovated for their Indian Rhinos. The giraffes were exported I believe.
I believe one of the remaining males is the one imported from India in 2009 at age 6, which means he will turn 19 this year.
The Night Safari giraffes were phased out by natural attrition, the last one died in circa 2017/2018.
Do you have any idea where the former breeding herd ended up? I thought they were all quite young, although the last calf i'm aware of was born back in 2012.
As mentioned in my last post, the entire Night Safari giraffe herd died out. I understand the herd had health issues (parasite-related).
honeybadger
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Is there any updates on the Tasmanian devils?
Any imports would have been delayed by Covid, but shouldn’t be much further now. The zoo will be part of the ambassador programme, so will be receiving post reproductive devils around 3-4 years of age.
Mandai staff have been quite tight lipped about the Tasmanian Devils' arrival. I sense that there are reasons other than Covid for the delay, but the intention is for the Devils to arrive this year. The plan to bring in Kiwi has also been delayed. The Kiwi exhibit (the former Barn Owl exhibit) is more or less ready.
In other news, the former Giant Flying Squirrel walk-thru is undergoing works to supposedly become a Civet walk-thru, probably with Common Palm Civet.
The current Common Palm Civet/Sunda Pangolin exhibit will subsequently become a South American mixed exhibit (Prehensile-tailed Porcupine, Owl Monkey, etc). The mixing of the Sunda Pangolin with Leopard Cat and Small-toothed Palm Civet seems to be going well.
In other news, the former Giant Flying Squirrel walk-thru is undergoing works to supposedly become a Civet walk-thru, probably with Common Palm Civet.
The current Common Palm Civet/Sunda Pangolin exhibit will subsequently become a South American mixed exhibit (Prehensile-tailed Porcupine, Owl Monkey, etc). The mixing of the Sunda Pangolin with Leopard Cat and Small-toothed Palm Civet seems to be going well.
Have you noticed if it has made the pangolins more active (and the other species for that matter)? Anecdotally, it seems like mixed exhibits promote more activity as animals have to move around each other, share resources, and sometimes avoid each other. I don't have any proof to back this up, just my own experience.
From my experience the pangolins do what they want and are quite oblivious to their neighbours. Activity levels tend to vary among the individual pangolins. I was told by their keepers that some of the pangolins are naturally active during park opening hours while others are active only in the wee hours. The leopard cats however seem fascinated by the pangolins (in a non predatory way).
Thanks for the response. It must be fascinating to see when all three species are active.
honeybadger
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I’m torn about this: excited to see new animals but a bit disappointed that it will be harder to spot the pangolins. I have no success in spotting one in the leopard cat / civet exhibit. Do they mostly stay at the back?
On the other hand, the kinkajou is currently not in the armadillo exhibit anymore. I haven’t seen one for a while and now its signage has been removed/covered up. Is it possible that the kinkajou will move to that SA mixed exhibit?
Is the leopard being moved / phased out or it’s just a temporary refurbishment of the exhibit? The lights in the exhibit are turned off and the signage has been covered.
The pangolin at Leopard Trail prefers to stay at the back. I think once the rest of the pangolins from Fishing Cat Trail have moved over they will be rotated for display and will be more active/visible.
I understand the plan is for the kinkajous to join the South American mixed exhibit.
Both of Night Safari's Sri Lankan leopards (Tom and Daisy) died recently from old age. Only the pair at the Zoo (Raja and Nuwa) remain in Mandai's collection. I'm not sure what is the plan for the Leopard Trail exhibit. Perhaps Raja and Nuwa might move over.
honeybadger
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I see, hope they find out a way to showcase the pangolins, perhaps a camera setup for the back area of the exhibit.
It's sad to hear the demise of the leopards.
It's sad to hear the demise of the leopards.
Hi. After the second red dhole enclosure on the tram route, the tram would travel down a straight route down towards the tram station that consists of Asian animals on display along the way. I believe that section of the park is closed to be refurbished into Rainforest Wild South, so now the tram would turn right into a route that consists of a series of bends before reaching the black bear enclosure. Is this new route going to become permanent to the park? And are there plans to add animal enclosures to that area?
Yes that should be the permanent route. There isn't much space to add new exhibits as Rainforest Wild Africa takes up the whole area along the left of the route (the amphitheatre will have to make way too once the new one is ready by year's end) while Night Safari's BOH areas are located along the right.
Thats a shame
I was hoping that there would be some habitats since that part of the route now feels empty and mundane.
honeybadger
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Visited the park last week and apparently the civet walkthrough has been opened. There was no signage outside and a lot of people thought it was a flying fox enclosure based on the old signage.
It's really fascinating to see the civets up close and they are quite active. If I understood correctly, the keeper mentioned there are 13-14 civets in the enclosure, an equal mix of small-toothed palm civets and common palm civets. Not too sure whether or not masked palm civets will be added into the mix.
The spectacled owls exhibit has been closed for a while now - anyone knows whether it's part of the South American exhibit rotations?
It's really fascinating to see the civets up close and they are quite active. If I understood correctly, the keeper mentioned there are 13-14 civets in the enclosure, an equal mix of small-toothed palm civets and common palm civets. Not too sure whether or not masked palm civets will be added into the mix.
The spectacled owls exhibit has been closed for a while now - anyone knows whether it's part of the South American exhibit rotations?